The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-01
Fresh Book Beer at the White Mans
Bar. Call and try it.

Fresh Book Beer at the White Mans
Bar. Call and try it.
Maj. W. w. Stringfeld, of Waynes
vile was in the city yesterday.
improvements are all the go in Ashe
vile and in all portions of the city.
Mr.. w. T. Erwin sends US some good
specimens of asbestos, and informs US
there is plenty of it in Buncombe.
The piles of goods now in Asheville
for sale. Let every body come and select
just what they Z 1T at bottom prices.
The post-offiee officials notify the pub.
lie that box rent will not be collected
until the 10th inst, by which time they
hope to be in their new quarters.
While We only had light fall of snow
yesterday morning, our neighbor down
the road, Hickory, was favored with
three inches of this ''gentle reminder OF
spring"
Mr.. M. D. Cooper will have a convey
ance in Ashevifie Sunday morning to
carry parties desiring to attend Transyl.
vania Court. See M. A. Cooper at Grand
Central Hotel.
Mr.. A. D. Cooper was yesterday moving
into his new quarters. at Redwood's old
stand. He will soon have one of the
most conveniently arranged as well as
the most centrally located stores in town.
If our genial friend Mr.. Bob Garrett
does not hurry up and sell his B. & o.
Road we will end all the trouble by
stepping in and buying him out our
selves. AsheVille has long had her eye
upon this B. & o. property, and may
own it.
Mr.. Geo. W. Goodlake, who has been
resident of this place for thirty years,
but who was native of London, Eng
land, has recently gone to the latter place
for the purpose of securing a handsome
little sum of money belonging to him
there.
The many friends of Mr.. C. Y. Cheat
ham, master of trains of the W. N. C
Rail Road, will regret to learn that he
has given up his position to take effect
to-day. Mr.. Belmot, of Illinois, is his
successor. Mr.. Cheathanl will leave the
city next week.
Some little excitement was caused at
Battery Park Hotel yesterday during The
dinner hour by the ignition, through a
spark, of lace window curtains in Mr..
Southwick's private parlor. The alarm
was promptly conveyed, and the patent
extinguishers applied with instantaneous
effect. No harm was done except the
destruction of the curtains.
In the first quarter of the present year
the following industries and companies
had organiza ion in North Carolina:
Brick-works, L; furniture, l; carriage,
ETC., 5; chemical-works, l; cotton mills,
z, distillery, l; foundry and ma, hine
works. 3; luni.er and saw-mil!s, II; gas
works, 5; ice factories, 2; mines, 5; oil
mills, l.; railroads, 10; street railroads. 4;
tobacco factories z; water-works, 8; mis-
cellaneous, 8.
AshevIlle ought to be supplied daily
with fresh salads, &C., but, strange to Say,
there are none on the market. Our
trucke ers, gardeners and farmers must stir
up. Nothing is lacking here but energy
and well-directed labor. An acre or SO
on every farm, half acre garden even,
would bring to the owner many a useful
and it is in such endeavors as
these that many of our rpeopie-certainly
those who will first go into this business
Systematically. can make money call the
year around" Our people must stir up.
Thousands of dollars are sent from Ashe-
vile every week which ought to be kept
here at home.